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# TheAttorney General ofTexas

Demmber **28.** 1984 -

Hr. Eerbert R. **Cohen.** tiecutive Director rexea Coameto1ogy Ccmmiaafon 1111 Rio Gr6ude **Austin. Texaa**  **78701,** Dear **Mr.** Cohen: **Opinion No.**  **JM-283** Re: Statua **of** contract high 6chool atudenta under **the cosmetology**  Rcgulstory Act

Tou heve requested our opinion regarding the status of contract high school atudentlt under the Coametology Reguletory Act. Your firat queation la vhether **“ contract**  **high** school atudenta” (ttudtnta vho **receive** cosmetology training **from**private beauty culture achoola with vhich their high achoola contr6ct) art private beeuty culture school student6 under the Qmmetology Rtgulatoxy Act. article 84516, V.T.C.S. If they 6rt eonafdtrred **to be**  private **beauty** culture school 6tUdtnt6. you ask next **if they** muat complete 1500hour6 of training instruction to quelifp for licrnaing in cosmetology, purauent to **section** 10(b) of article 8451a. Finally, you ask vhethtr these public school atudenta ere to be conaidere:d, **in** the ealcul6tion of l nrollm6nt for **purpoaea**of co6tputiag the atu&nt-instructor **ratio** for private beauty culture aehoela under aection 22(2) 

### ofarticle 8451e. Section 10(b) **of** 6rticle 84516 providea:

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pplic8at **for** m operator license auat be **at** lemt 16 yeara of age, h6ve cowplettd the 

### aevtnthgrade or it6 equivalent. end beve eompleted 1,!iOOhoura **of instruction**  in **a ’** ‘licensed beauty culture school or 1,000 hour6 of inatruction **in beauty**  culture course6 and 500 hour6 of rtlettd **b.igh** school couraea pretcrlbed **by the**  coadaaicn~ in 6public school vocational program.
Section 22(2) Imovidta that aprivate beauty culture school ahall

**(2)** 

## nointain**on**it6 ataff and on duty during buaintaa howa. not ltaa than tvo full-time **lnatruct~xra** licensed under this Act. except **that ont**  inatzuctor vi11 be **aufflcient** vbenevtr the student er~rollmeot drops belov 15.

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Areiclt VII, aeccion B of rhe Texts Constitution veafa 

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od auptrviaozy turhority for public education and public school atudentt lo **the** 

### SrartBoard of Educariou. Members **of** the **State** Board of gducarion art also members **of** rhe Sttte Board of Vocetiooel Education andrhe Ctnrral Educetlon Agency. See Educ. Code 1111.01. 11.41. Further, atctloo **11.02** of **cht** Educaeion~dt provides the folloving: (e) The Ctntwl Educarion **Agancy** the11

exercise general control of rhe **system**of public education at the v:aCe level in accordance **vith** rht proviaiooa of this code. (b) Any **activity** vith persona under 21 years **of** age vhich is ccwritd on lo the aceet by other state or ftdertl a~~encltt, except higher education in approved collagta, shall be subject **in its**  education eapecta to the rules tnd regulations of rhe Ctntral t!ductt LonAgency. Noata~uCt dtltgacea he Scare Board **of** Educacion ’e admioia~rative end supervisory rtaponaibiliry **for** public education and public tchool arudeota **tither to**  **II privart**  rtchoical or trade school vith which e public school diatxicc cootracts, or to the licensing botrd that regularaa rhat **privartr** technical or trade school. Similarly, arrlcle EbSla, V.T.C.S.. doer ooC exprtaaly or implfedly confer oothe cosmetology comniaaion 

### l upexvlaory or adminiatrarive aufhorlty for the public tducttion of public school etudeore. Article 8451t dote coofer on **rht** coamttology **comiaaloo rht**  rtaponaibilicy **to**prescribe the 500 hours of rtlared high achoo:l **courses** to be taken by a,tudtnta enrolled in **rht** public school vocarlcmrl program. V.T.C.S. **art.** 84516. IlO( Adminiarrative bodice 

### tmvttmly those powers expreaely conferred on thcr by attture together vj.th those ntceaaarily implied from exprtaa powers and duties. Staufftr v. San Antonio. 344 S.W.Zd 158 (Ttx. 1961). --



### Setalso State **Boax,** of **ttorticiana** v. Corttz. 333 S.W.Zd039 (Tax. 19&o). Therefore, a school district may **not** delegate Its raaponaibility for **rht** tductrioo of pub1.j.c school atudenra **to** a private beauty culture school or to the coamttology **cocniaalon.** See Pent v. Rio Grandt Iodeptndtoc School **I~fatrict,** 616 S.W.2d 658 (G. Civ. App. - Rtatlend 1981, no vric). Rot bee the cosmetology c~fasion beta given txpreaa or implied at,thority **for** the education of public **school** students. **Seerion** 21.1111(s) **of** the Education Cods expressly provides chat aschool district

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meycontract virh rnorhtr school dietrict or vlrh a public **or** privstt poet-ttcondary educational ioarlrution or **trada ’** **or** ttchoical school, vhich ia regulated by the Wste, amdeaignattd **in** the State Plen for Voutlonal Education to provide vocational claaaea **for** students la the district. Subsection (b) provides that:

Apupil vho **atttni~r** vocational claaaea at another school pursuant to a contract authorirtd in Subsection (a) shall be included In computetiona **of** average daily atttn~daoce by **the** school district in vhlch **he**ia regularly enrolled.
**Set** also Educ. Code 116.15li:; **Acts** 1984; 66th Leg., ch. 28. at 3% (providing for basic allotment and vocational educational allotmtnta for atudtota torolled in vocational education programs). Weconclude that atudtata **who receive**  coamatology **training** from private beauty culture achoo1.avith vhich their high schools contract arc public high school atudto.ta torolled in apublic school vocational program. Tobe eligible fw: a cosmetology optraror'a liceoae uader article 84516, section 10(b), they must complete 1000 hours of instruction In beauty cultwt courses and 500 hours of related high school courses rather thar. 1500 hours solely in a **private** beauty culture school. See also !Lluc. Code 121.112; **Acts** 1984. 68th Leg.. ch. 28, at 449 wonal programa ahtll offer competency-baaed instruction.

. . . Inatrwtion must be baaed on **the** tasencial tlamenta approved by the Stcu:eBoard of **Rducatioo**

. . ."). Finally, ve consider vhether. if **rhtat** students art deemed to be public school l

tudeota vhc should be counted in the average daily attendance **of** their school illstrict, **they mty**  be counted amenrolled in a private beauty culture school for purposes of calculating **a** student-instructor ratio. Section 22(2) **of** the Zoamttology Regulatory **Act** provides that a private beauty culture **school** shall

maintain on.ita lit.aff and onduty during bualneaa hours oot ltaa t:hao rvo full-tlma instructors lictnatd under this **Act,** except chat **one** ioatructor vi11 

### besufficient vhenever the student enrollment drops belov 15.


### Wedo not believe that thmk**atatut** of these students as pub~lic high school atudeota precludes them from being cooaidertd ta contract enrollees in a private beauty culture school **for** purposes of

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ctleulating a student-lnatmctor ratio under atction 22(2). We beliavt the inreot of aectioa 22(2) it to provide **for** a reasonable student-lnatnrctor ricio thet trill ensure the prottcrion **of** the public 

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### velftrtby thorough **rreining** of **proapecCivt** cosmetology liceoaeta. **Theraforo. ve**  **con~::ludt &et**  ehe **intent** of 

### rtctiou22(2) la aatiafled by counting all wrollttr in l private beauty culture school. vhtther privete or Imblic school atudtnta, **for** purposes of calculating **a**student-inatiuccor **ratio.**

Students **who receive**  cosmetology **rrainiog from**  private bteuty culture schools vith vhich their high schools contrmt are public school studeuro. m=Y art require!d, to take 1000 hours of inarructfon **in** be.wty culture couratt mod 500 hours of releted high school courtta **in** a public school vocetional 

### prosramamprescribed byerticle 8451s. section 10(b). V.T.C.S. Cheracteriratioa **of** theme students ampublic school atudtota dote not preclude **them** froll being conridered em contract enrollees in a private beauty culture school for **purpoaea** of calculating l acudantinatntceor ratio under section 22(2) of article 84516. V.T.C.S.

JIM MATTOX Attorney 

### Gtntralof Texas **TQMGllEEN First**  Aaaiatant **Attorney** Gtocral DAVIDR.RICHARDS Executive **Assistant Attorney**  

### Gtotral **RICK**GILPIN Chatrman. Opinion **Comnirtte** Prepared byRick Gllpln Ataittant **Attorney** CentralMr.Rerbcrt t. Cohen - **Page**5 (JH-283)

APPROVED: OPINION

COWUTTER Rick Gilpin, Cheirmen Colill Cerl Susan Catrlron TonyGuillory Jimnoellinger Jenriifcr Riggs Nancy Sutton

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